Individual Protection

There are no signs that the lost ground in critical illness claims over the pandemic is being made up, according to Craig Paterson, chief underwriter at Royal London. Speaking to Health &...

Scottish Widows has appointed Ranila Ravi-Burslem as intermediary distribution director working across its Scottish Widows and Embark brands. Ravi-Burslem (pictured) joins from Aviva where she was workplace savings & retirement distribution director....

Protection distributor Enduralife has agreed a partnership with lead certification specialist Contact State which means all new protection leads bought by Enduralife will be certified by Contact State including independent certification, real...

Zurich Life & Investments in Australia has appointed Suzi Leung as chief claims officer. Leung was appointed chief operations officer of Zurich General Insurance in January 2021 after 10 years in a...

The Right Mortgage Network is to include UnderwriteMe's Protection Platform as part of their adviser protection offering. The move enables advisers and their clients to quote, underwrite and apply online with 'buy...

LV= has appointed two new non executive directors to its board as Seamus Creedon takes over as interim chairman. The mutual announced today that Alan Cook has stepped down as chairman with...

Insurers are continuing to require staff in England to stay at home if they test positive for Covid and are reviewing policies with regards to the provision of free Covid tests. This...

Scottish Widows doubled its protection new business income last year and has set an ambition to become the third largest protection provider in the UK by 2025 as it targets the intermediary...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has admitted it is concerned about the possibility of people being excluded from insurance as products become more personalised. Addressing the Treasury Select Committee of MPs, FCA...

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has issued its backing for reducing the amount of capital which life insurers have to hold to ensure they can pay out for claims. The regulator was...